The rules of Caribbean Poker

There are many gambling games, and Casinos are always trying to introduce variations and new gambling experiences to their customers. This is especially so when it comes to online games. The rolling out of the internet and especially Broadband connections combined with ever improved graphics has made Casino gambling a thing anyone can do from their home.

Some games are hugely popular and fashionable. Roulette is one such game which is often played with a number of betting strategies worked out aimed at beating the table. While in the short term it is possible for a few players to walk away from a roulette table having increased their stake in the big picture the house is always going to win as the odds are stacked in their favour, There is no progression of chance so that the result will always reflect the odds over the hundreds of spins a night.

Blackjack is another hugely popular game where it is actually possible for an individual, with a very good memory and capable of sticking to known strategies to come out ahead. This is why, for example, that card counting at a blackjack table is banned. An effective card counter can greatly improve his ability to bet on the odds of the next card.

Craps is a similarly alluring game where the noise and the hype could easily distract from the strategies for any particular bet, the odds for which is readily calculated. (The odds favour the house but individuals can win if they stick to plans)

Usually games like Punto Banco and variations of Poker like Texas Hold’em are played against other with the house just taking a percentage of the pot. These of course are worse than zero sum games. For every winner there is a loser and the winner pays a percentage to the house. In addition skilled players will usually win as skill is involved.

But Caribbean Poker is not truly a poker game. It is in fact a game played an individual (or group of individuals) against the house. The ranks of poker hands are used but there it ends. The player must ante after which he is dealt five cards face down while the house deals itself 4 cards face down and the last card face up. If a player upon examining his cards decides to continue playing he must call doubling his ante. If not he forfeits the ante forthwith.

Only then does the house reveal the rest of its hand. If it does not have A K or better it will double the ante and allow the call to push while if it does then it will compare hands with the player. If the player beats the house he may win a progressive rate of odds on the call bet depending on the value of the hand.

Caribbean Poker History is a bit unclear but what is fairly certain is that it developed on cruise ships in the Caribbean particularly in Aruba and steadily developed to the game that was played today. It was not very popular until the progressive jackpot was added which made the game a lot more attractive as the possibility of winning a large jackpot is very popular.